Coal LLC

 
Coal LLC is a fast-paced mining roguelite and management sim developed by Bye Bye Ocean. Released on PC on September 12, 2025, it casts you as the “manager” of an absurdly evil coal corporation. Each in‑game day is a race to dig deep underground, extract enough coal to meet an ever‑increasing quota, and grow your operation with smarter hires and better tools. If you fail? The company solution is simple: you explode.
Core Gameplay and Features

Quota or Die: Every day you must hit a coal target before nightfall. The underground resets daily, so each run becomes a fresh challenge in planning routes and prioritizing rich veins.
Roguelite Structure: Runs are short but intense. Choices you make early—what to upgrade, which staff to hire—snowball into success or failure as quotas rise to absurd levels.
Hire Billions of Workers: You can recruit and promote miners into specialized roles that provide powerful bonuses. Over time, your company scales from a tiny crew to millions (or even billions) of employees on paper.
Dubious Mining Methods: Beyond a basic pickaxe, you unlock firearms, explosives, and other over‑the‑top tools to blast through rock and coal at high speed.
World Deterioration: As your corporation grows, your world visually decays. Cracks, pollution, and structural damage emphasize the environmental cost of your success.
Peaceful Mode: A non‑quota “chill” mode is planned for full release, letting you mine at your own pace without the constant threat of failure.

Wichtige Details

PC Release Date: September 12, 2025
Entwickler/Herausgeber: Bye Bye Ocean
Motor: Godot
Genre: Roguelite, Simulation, Strategy, Management
Plattformen: PC (Steam; browser demo via Itch for earlier builds)

Coal LLC vs Other Mining Games

Vs. Out of Ore / more realistic sims: Coal LLC is less about heavy‑equipment realism and more about fast decision‑making and incremental growth. It feels closer to an idle/upgrade game crossed with a roguelite run.
Vs. Deep Rock Galactic: There is no combat or shooting enemies here. All the firepower is pointed at the terrain and your quotas, making it a pure mining and management challenge with dark corporate humor.

Warum es wichtig ist
Coal LLC stands out by mixing satisfying “bigger numbers” progression with a brutal daily quota system. It offers a clever twist on factory and mining games: instead of building an infinite, safe empire, you are always one failed day away from disaster, which keeps each run tense and addictive.